Cambridge University Students Union.

WhenIwasLittleBoy

What a disgrace as they have voted not to acknowledge Remembrance Sunday amid fears about the “glorification” of conflict.
If it wasn't for our grandfather's and great grandfather's they wouldn't have the opportunities in life they have today.
God help us if this is future.

stonemuse

Glorifying conflict!

It’s about remembering the dead.

Very poor by them.

Leuth

What's actually happened here?

redman

They should F**k off. They wouldn't have freedom of speech to even be able to say this sort of thing if it wasn't for the people we are remembering.Thought they were supposed to be intelligent people!

Jon2461

Couldn't agree more everyone is entitled to there views,however the reason we can have those views is because people paid the ultimate sacrifice.
Remembrance Sunday does not glorify conflict.

heckington_reds

Stuck up turds should have a shuffty at a history book or two.

clive

Leuth said:

What's actually happened here?

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2018/10/10/fears-glorification-war-sees-cambridge-university-students-reject/

happyvalley

These utter cockwombles are the future politicians of our great country. All I can say is God f*****g help us.

Leuth

clive said:

Leuth said:

What's actually happened here?

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2018/10/10/fears-glorification-war-sees-cambridge-university-students-reject/

Right, so it's actually specious culture-war bollocks, as I thought.

These 'two members of the Conservative Association' put forward this trivial motion knowing full well it would get rejected, so that they could go and cry to Papa Telegraph about it and own the libs.

Obviously, Remembrance Sunday is an important ritual and a time of national reflection and I have no problem with it at all. But I do have a problem with this kind of disingenuous narrative-distorting horseshit.

Next week: Students Union rejects motion to hold weekly Brexit Allegiance meeting #remoaners

Leuth

What I will say is that the Students Union could have maybe chosen their words better and not used 'glorification' (although the article cuts off before I can see what they actually say...according to Our Two Patriotic Lads/Lasses)

Sage

Meant to be incredibly intelligent but clearly a bunch of imbeciles.

Goonerhater

Leith in usual bollox shock

Uboat

'Throughout England people, especially elderly people, were thoroughly shocked. 'What is wrong with the younger generation?' was the general query.'

When the Oxford Union voted that they wouldn't fight for King and Country in 1933.

There's nothing new under the sun.

bobmunro

Goonerhater said:

Keith in usual hollow shock

Fixed that for you.

Callumcafc

Stick it to ‘em Leuth. I must echo what you say about Remembrance Sunday’s importance as well before anyone jumps on me.

The retort that “they wouldn’t be able to voice these opinions if it weren’t for war/sacrifice/etc” has always been a weird one for me to grapple with.

So you want them to have those freedoms but not to put those freedoms into practice?

Uboat

Each year or gets harder to feel positive about Remembrance as it is hijacked for political gain by Hopkins et al blatantly looking for a fight. I find that every bit as disrespectful.

Uboat

Callumcafc said:

The retort that “ they would be able to voice these opinions if it weren’t for war/sacrifice/etc” has always been a weird one for me to grapple with.

So you want them to have those freedoms but not to put those freedoms into practice?

Also the Second World War is the only conflict we've ever been involved in where freedom of speech would have been under threat of we'd lost.

Brendan_O_Connell

bunch of spotty, self centred, attention seeking morons.

Goonerhater

True Brendan but what about the Cambridge Students ?

Uboat

Goonerhater said:

True Brendan but what about the Cambridge Students ?

Nice one, but it's the 'desperate to be offended' crowd that are the real attention seekers here.

Bigbadbozman

Simply a disgrace

ValleyGary

Who gives a fuck? I’ll be remembering and paying my respects and that’s all that matters to me. Making the journey up town on November 11th with it being 100 years since armistice. Couldn’t give a shit what’s happening in Cambridge.

Addickted

I expect plenty of Cambridge University students will be wearing their poppy with pride.

Of the 13,878 members of the university who served during the Great War, 2,470 were killed.

aliwibble

Erm, was that a deliberate or accidental typo @Addickted?

church-lane

Uboat said:

Goonerhater said:

True Brendan but what about the Cambridge Students ?

Nice one, but it's the 'desperate to be offended' crowd that are the real attention seekers here.

Yes, but enough about Leuth. What about the poor students?

Uboat

church-lane said:

Uboat said:

Goonerhater said:

True Brendan but what about the Cambridge Students ?

Nice one, but it's the 'desperate to be offended' crowd that are the real attention seekers here.

Yes, but enough about Leuth. What about the poor students?

I think we've had that joke already.

Addickted

aliwibble said:

Erm, was that a deliberate or accidental typo @Addickted?

Whoops

hoof_it_up_to_benty

Freedom of expression is what people gave their lives for.

Weegie Addick

I'll be wearing my poppy.

iainment

Do what you want. Wear a poppy or not. As long as you don't impose your point of view as being the only one possible.
Me, I won't wear a poppy or support the British Legion.
But I respect those who gave their lives actively or not for freedom.

smudge7946

Posh students should stick to putting there podgers in pigs heads.